BookBuilder

Ten years ago I set out to write my first novel. I didn't know what I was doing, or where I was going. I only knew one thing: I wanted to write a book.

Things started off wonderfully. I mapped out characters, plot points, the entire first book ... I even drew a physical map of my world. I was all ready to go ... and then life happened. I moved from Seattle, WA to Denver, CO for law school. I had three kids. I started foster care.

Suddenly, I found myself with limited time to write my story, and every excuse you could think of not to.

Fast forward to February of 2017.

Guess what, I still had no time to write, at least I didn't think so. I'd just been fired from a job in Portland, OR, and hired as an attorney just across the state border. If anything, I had even less time than before.

But, something finally clicked. I decided that I would make time to write. I started getting up earlier in the morning. I started reading books on story structure and craft. I took that idea I had created back in 2008 and ran with it.

55,000 words later, I finally hit the publish button. November 16, 2017, is a day I'm going to remember for quite a while. It was a rush.

Finishing a novel is a huge task. The stats show it - 97% of authors that try to write a novel don't cross that finish line. There was a survey done in the US (granted this was back in 2002) that said 81% of Americans think they have a book to write. That number has probably increased with independent publishing now being a legitimate option. Let's say that 20% of all the people in the United States actually start writing their book.

Right now the United States has roughly 244 million adults. If 81 percent of those adults start writing, that's right around 198 million people. That's a whole lot of started books. Looking one step further, however, only 3% of those 198 million people are going to finish their book.

That's almost 6 million people. But that's peanuts compared to the number of people that start writing.

Writing a book can be a long process, and it can take some people years. But guess what, it can be done!

I wrote and published my first novel in 9 months. I'm going to write and publish my second novel in three months. I plan on publishing 5 more novels this year - 2 months per book.

I've cracked the code, and I have developed this course to help you finally finish the novel you're writing.